These novels model queer futurity with space cults, gangs of trans vigilante women, and antiracist deep sea societies
An excerpt from NIGHTJAR by Emily Ruskovich, recommended by Paula Hawkins
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SupportAnimals confound the bounds of realism in these stories by speaking, serving as guides or demons, or carrying the souls of others
By trying to control her eating, I had broken trust with my child who wasn’t yet three months old
The shadowed hand over a young woman’s mouth reflects the secrets carried in these stories
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An excerpt from NIGHTJAR by Emily Ruskovich, recommended by Paula Hawkins
"A Report on the Alpaca," flash fiction by Patrick Cottrell
“Before” from HORIZON HONG KONG by Xu Xi, recommended by Sybil Baker
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